AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed policy changes and fiscal year 2021 rates.
Letters
Throughout the year, the AHA comments on a vast number of proposed and interim final rules put forth by the federal regulatory agencies. In addition, AHA communicates with federal legislators to convey the hospital field's position on potential legislative changes that would impact patients and patient care. Below are the most recent letters from the AHA to these bodies.
Latest
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed policy changes and fiscal year 2021 rates.
AHA letter to Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger and Adam Kinzinger expressing support of H.R. 5855, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act.
AHA, AMA letter to CMS regarding the implementation of the appropriate use criteria (AUC) for advanced diagnostic imaging services mandated under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
On behalf of America’s tax-exempt hospitals and health systems, the AHA, AAMC, and CHA request an immediate extension of the deadlines many face for preparing their community health needs assessments (CHNA) or else be subject to a $50,000 penalty excise tax under section 4959 of the Code for which abatement is not available.
July 6, 2020
An open letter to the American public,
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, Children's Hospital Association and Federation of American Hospitals, which brought a lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital price transparency rule, urged the Department of Health and Human Services to delay the effective date of the rule until the matter is settled by the courts.
AHA, together with other hospital groups, urge HHS to delay the effective date of the hospital price transparency rule.
AHA provides input on the ideas set forth in “Preparing for the Next Pandemic.” a white paper authored by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to temporarily extend certain waivers and make others permanent beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency to allow hospitals to provide better and more cost effective care to their patients and communities.